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Department of Geography The National Geographic Society Quiz of Young Adults (18-24) in Nine Countries (U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Canada, & Germany) If you think Homer Simpson is a moron Check out these test Results. Paul Sutton psutton@du.edu Department of Geography University of Denver

http://geosurvey.nationalgeographic.com/geosurvey/

Let’s See How You Do. (keep your own score)

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Don’t Cry for me Argentina  Cry for the morons that can’t answer this question

Survey Results: U.S. Young Adults Are Lagging Despite the daily bombardment of news from the Middle East, Central Asia, and other world trouble spots, roughly 85 percent of young Americans could not find Afghanistan, Iraq, or Israel on a map, according to a new study. Americans ages 18 to 24 came in next to last among nine countries in the National Geographic-Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey, which quizzed more than 3,000 young adults in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States. Top scorers were young adults in Sweden, Germany, and Italy. Out of 56 questions that were asked across all countries surveyed, on average young Americans answered 23 questions correctly. Others outside the U.S., most notably young adults in Mexico, also struggled with basic geography facts. Young people in Canada and Great Britain fared almost as poorly as those in the U.S. Among young Americans’ startling knowledge gaps, the study found that • nearly 30 percent of those surveyed could not find the Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest body of water; • more than half—56 percent—were unable to locate India, home to 17 percent of people on Earth; and • only 19 percent could name four countries that officially acknowledge having nuclear weapons. Several perhaps interrelated factors affected performance—educational experience (including taking a geography course), international travel and language skills, a varied diet of news sources, and Internet use. Americans who reported that they accessed the Internet within the last 30 days scored 65 percent higher than those who did not.